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Trellick With Margo Selby bag range at People Will Always Need Plates

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We saw the two collaborate on some Bus Blind fabric earlier in the year, but we haven't previously encountered Trellick With Margo Selby bag range at People Will Always Need Plates.

As the name suggests, the range is inspired by the facade of Goldfinger's iconic Trellick Tower, with a choice of colours and designs – a blowing bag, pencil case/make-up bag, purse, washbag and weekender bag. Oh yesa, there are also cushions too, which obviously aren't bags, but we'll not quibble over the detail.

The bowling bag is available in two colour options and sized at 35 x 23cm, with leather contrasting the Trellick cloth. £160 is the price for this, see the rest of the range on the website.

Find out more at the PWANP website

Categories / Architecture, Homeware

Keeling House and Trellick Tower cushions by Wingate

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If you happen to be a fan of Brutalist architecture, you just might like to snuggle up with these Keeling House and Trellick Tower cushions by Wingate.

Featuring stylised images of the imposing and iconic 1960s structures, both are blue/grey and black prints on a cream cotton cushion and sized around 45 x 45cm.

You can buy both from Not On The High Street, £35 is the price for each. See an image of the other cushion over the page.

Find out more at the Not On The High Street website

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Categories / Architecture

Bronwen Deane Gateshead car park pin

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On Friday we ran the story that Gateshead car park is being demolished this week. As an alternative way of honouring this icon of brutalist architecture, how about this Gateshead car park pin, made by Bronwen Deane?

The piece is made from a combination of acrylic and silver, featuring a digital image of the car park that's been manipulated to get the strong colours. She also sells a bangle based around a different image of the same location. 

Bronwen's work is all about the contrast between the severity of the architecture and the preciousness normally associated with a piece of jewellery. Take a look at her website for more pieces that featuring subject matter like tower blocks, Glasgow Barrowlands and, of course, the Trellick Tower. 

No exact cost given but the price guide on the website indicates prices start at £25 for pins. You need to contact her directly to place an order. 

Find out more online

Categories / Architecture, Art and Photography, Film and TV

Get Carter car park in Gateshead to be demolished next week

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Yes, the title says it all – Trinity Square car park in Gateshead, made famous by the movie Get Carter, will be demolished from this Monday, 26th July.

It's an icon of brutalist architecture, opened in 1969 and the work of Owen Luder. But like most designs in that style (and of that era), it's a building that divides opinion locally. The local council is obviously not keen and has decided to demolish it in favour of a new, large-scale development.

So we wave goodbye and remember the classic scene in the movie below. Oh yes, pictured above is Jonathan Wilkinson's art print of it – that sells for £20 from here.

Categories / Architecture, Art and Photography

Trellick Tower silkscreen print by Jo Peel

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The speciality of Jo Peel is capturing the everyday world and giving it her own distinctive spin, shown perfectly by this Trellick Tower silkscreen print.

Erno Goldfinger's brutalist masterpiece (or eyesore, depending on your view) is given something of a comic book twist by the artist, making it her own, but at the same time, keeping the unmistakable profile of the tower block.

The print is sized at 66 x 48cm and is only available as a run of 25 in the red here. If you want one, it sells for £65.

Find out more at the Art Republic website

Categories / Architecture, Property

Park Hill 1960s housing estate in Sheffield – new pictures of redevelopment

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It's something the locals either love or hate, but there's no denying that Park Hill in Sheffield is a modern-day icon. It's also undergoing a very modern renovation, courtesy of Urban Splash.

Described as 'streets in the sky' during its development in the late 50s and early 60s, the estate was initially popular in those post-war years, but with poor maintenance and an even poorer reputation as time passed, Park Hill's future was at a crossroads until Urban Splash stepped in with English Heritage, with idea of turning the now Grade II listed building into upmarket apartments, business  units and social housing.

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